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Will a pandemic accelerate adoption of meatless meat in China?

Sitting at a table in a bright Starbucks cafe in a high-rise office building, Ying gingerly sank her teeth into the new pesto pasta covered with plant-based meat. The pasta is one of three offerin

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Giving brewers a tech to make beer from any plant starch, Province Brands raises $1.6M

There’s a potential climate-related crisis brewing in the beer industry and Province Brands has just raised $1.6 million for its technology that purports to be a solution.The Canadian company, w

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All the companies from Y Combinator’s W20 Demo Day, Part IV: Healthcare, Biotech, Fintech and Nonprofits

Y Combinator’s Demo Day was a bit different this time around.As concerns grew over the spread of COVID-19, Y Combinator shifted the event format away from the two-day gathering in San Francisco

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'Cooking competition' goes viral during virus outbreak

Due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, people have started making food they would normally have in restaurants or buy at stores. From making liangpi, a noodle-like Chin

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Wine travels to space to help in climate change research

Twelve bottles of Bordeaux head to the ISS aboard a capsule where they could lead to insights for the food and drinks industry.

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Scientists build DNA from scratch to alter life’s blueprin

AtJefBoeke’slab,youcanwhiffanodorthatseemsoutofplace,asiftheywerebakingbreadhere.Butheandhiscolleaguesarecookingupsomethingelsealtogether:yeastthatworkswithchun